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Video Recap: The Grateful Dead Tunes of Summer Camp Music Festival

To honor the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, Summer Camp promised a series of four scheduled sets (one for each day of the festival) which honored the legacy of the band. Of course, you can't keep a good concept down, and attendees actually got a few more.

We've assembled a post spotlighting video and audio coverage of both the four planned sets, as well as a few Dead covers tossed in by some our favorite other festival artists.

2. Those attending "High Steppin' Into Town" on the eve of the GD50 Chicago run, got a preview with Keller Wiliams and the Infamous Stringdusters edition of Grateful Grass when they played their set on Friday -- though it did include a Stringusters and KW tune for good measure. Here's "Cold Rain & Snow".

Again, a full recording is available to stream or download via archive.org which also features "He's Gone", "Feel Like A Stranger", "Shakedown Street" and "Scarlet Begonias".

3. JRAD's Tom Hamilton also appeared with his "solo" band American Babies. They delivered an awesome eleven minute rendition of "New Speedway Boogie", with a shout out to a fan drinking a bag of wine. It starts about seven minutes in to this video.

4. Here's the full set from Yonder Mountain String Band, which they kick off with "I Know You Rider".

8. Finally, festival mainstays Family Groove Ccompany welcomed a horn section to help them out. Sounds mighty good on "They Love Each Other", but you can also check out the brass backing them up on Michael Jackson's "Thriller".